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Sligo is the anglicisation of the Irish name Sligeach, meaning "abounding in shells" or "shelly place".It refers to the abundance of shellfish found in the river and its estuary, and from the extensive shell middens in the vicinity.
"Herring of Sligo and salmon of Bann, Has made in Bristol many a rich man". [4] At this time, Sligo was a prosperous trading port, exporting fish, wool, cow hide, and timber, while importing wine, salt and iron. Saffron was imported as well, for its use as a dye as well as indigo which is mentioned as a common colour for clothing in the Sligo area.
The Sligo coastline at Mullaghmore, with Classiebawn Castle in the distance Beezie's Island on Lough Gill. County Sligo is the setting for a large number of the texts in the Mythological Cycles. The story of Diarmad and Grainne has its final act played out on Ben Bulben. The Second Battle of Moytirra is associated with Moytirra in South County ...
Sligo, a town in the north-west of Ireland and county town of County Sligo, has produced noted artists, authors, entertainers, politicians and business-people. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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Markree Castle is a castle located in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland. It is the ancestral seat of the Cooper family, partially moated by the River Unshin. Today it is a small family-run hotel. In the 1830s the Observatory on the grounds of the Castle had the largest refracting telescope in the world.
Sligo Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Shligigh [2]) was a Dominican convent in Sligo, Ireland, founded in 1253. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was built in the Romanesque style with some later additions and alterations. Extensive ruins remain, mainly of the church and the cloister.
The Irish state has officially approved the following list of national monuments in County Sligo. In the Republic of Ireland, a structure or site may be deemed to be a "national monument", and therefore worthy of state protection, if it is of national importance. If the land adjoining the monument is essential to protect it, this land may also ...